Support for telephone receiving sets



Sept. 15, 1925.

w.:--. MORGAN SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVING SETS Filed Jan. 12, 1924 Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

UNITED srArEs 1,554,11e PATENT orrlcu.

, WILLIAM F. MORGAN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE RECEIVING SETS.

Application filed January 12, 1924. Serial No. 685,833.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Telephone Receiving Sets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention provides supporting means for the usual telephone receiving head set which relieves the pressure incident to the use of the head band and which enables the head band to be dispensed with so as not to muss or interfere with the head dress and obviate the annoyance of the cord extending along the face and interfering with eyeglasses and furthermore obviate the necessity for removing the receiversnvhen it is desired to converse.

The invention provides a support which is fitted about the neck and enables the receivers to be adjusted vertically and forwardly or backwardly to suit the convenience and comfort of the user, and which enables the wearer to clear the receivers by inclining the head forwardly when it is desired to converse.

Other objects and advantages will heapparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

lVhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet differ-en conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a detail view showing the application of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side view thereof;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional detail view on the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4: is an enlarged sectional detail view on the line 4.-t of Figure 1, and

Figure-5 is a detail view of the neck band.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The supporting means for the receiving head set includes a spring neck band, the

same comprising an elongated wire frame 1, strips 2 connecting longitudinal memoers of the frame at intervals, and a covering 3 of flexible material such as fabric, leather, paper or other suitable material. The neck band is resilient and is bent into circular form so as to encircle the neck and support the receiving head set and adjunctive parts. Threat ed posts 4 are riveted or otherwise secured to opposed strips 2 and project outwardly and receive binding nuts 5 and washers 6. Brackets 7 are mounted upon the washers 6 and these brackets embody offset end portions, the upper end portion having a slot 8 in which is received a post 9 having an apertured head to receive the stem 10 of the bolt connection, said stem having a fork at its upper end to which the phone receiver 11 is pivotally connected in any preferred way. 'The post 9 is longitudinally split and is threaded to receive a binding nut 12, wliereby the post is secured to the bracket 7 in the required adjusted position and whereby the stem 10 is clamped to secure it in the required adjusted position according to the convenience of the user.

It is observed that the neck band being split and resilient, it is spread when placing the support in position or removing it from the neck. The neck band may be arranged with the split facing the front or the back of the person, and when in position, the receivers 11 are held lightly against the cars,

and when the person desires to converse, an

inclination of the head forwardly clears the receivers without the necessity or r .inoving .them from the head as is the case in head sets en'ibodying the usual head hand. Moreover, the arrangement 1S such as to prevent disarranging or inussing the head dress and I obviates lnterference of the cords with eye'- glasses.

What is claimed is:

A support for a telephone receiving set, the same comprising a spring neck band, vertical brackets attached to the neck at opposite points and in line with the centers of the receivers, horizontally arranged spilt posts applied to the brackets, telephone connections having adjustable connection with said posts, and binding nuts cooperat ing with the posts to secure them to the brackets and toclamp the telephone connections in the required adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I a'l'fix my signature.

WILLIAM F. MORGAN.

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